# Flora’s Queen

- Music: Walter Parratt (died 1924)
- Words: John Frederick Randall Stainer
- Licence of the score: CC0 1.0
- Credit: OpenScore Lieder Corpus (CC0)
- Source: https://musescore.com/openscore-lieder-corpus/scores/6688667

## The words

Room! Room for Flora’s Queen!  
Room for Flora’s Queen!  
Room for Flora’s Queen for Flora’s Queen!  
Room for Flora’s Queen! Room for Flora’s  
Queen!  
Room for Flora’s Queen!  
Room for Flora’s Queen!  
Then was I ware of one enthroned on high,  
Radiant in vesture and of noble mien,  
At whose fair feet did many garlands lie Of  
all the flowers that best be seen;  
Cowslip and daffodil,  
and sweet woodbine That tokens sympathy;  
Whitethorn and primrose, and brave eglantine,  
eglantine That’s for simplicity;  
Lilies for purity and grace;  
England’s red rose, England’s red rose for  
strength and dignity,  
England’s red rose for strength and dignity.  
Thus singing still, the fields and flowers  
among They passed, a gallant, gallant train,  
And this the burden of the song they sung,  
This the burden of the song they sung:  
Long live Victoria! Long live Victoria!  
Long may she reign! Long may she reign!  
And hark! afar across the sea  
Long live Victoria!  
Hark! hark! afar across the sea From clime to  
clime How kindred voices chime,  
Joining the glad refrain,  
hark!  
In ever swelling harmony: Long live  
Victoria!  
Long live Vic- toria! Long Long Long long may  
she reign! Long may she reign Long may she  
reign! Long may she reign! Long may she reign!  
she reign! Long may she reign! Long may she  
reign! Long may she reign! Long may she reign!  
Room for Flora’s Queen!  
Room for Flora’s Queen for Flora’s Queen!  
Room for Flora’s Queen!  
Room for Flora’s Queen!  
Room for Flora’s Queen!  
Room for Flora’s Queen!  
Room for Flora’s Queen!  
Then was I ware of one enthroned on high,  
Radiant in vesture and of noble mien,  
At whose fair feet did many garlands lie Of  
all the flowers that best be seen;  
Cowslip and daffodil,  
Cowslip and daffodil, and sweet woodbine  
That tokens sympathy;  
Whitethorn and primrose, and brave eglantine  
That’s for simplicity; The gentle violet  
for modesty;  
And chiefly, chiefly there found place  
England’s red rose, England’s red rose for  
strength and dignity, And chiefly,  
chiefly there found place England’s red rose  
for strength and dignity.  
Thus singing still, the fields and flowers and  
flowers among They passed, a gallant,  
gallant train, And this the burden of the song  
they sung, This the burden of the song they  
sung:  
Long live Victoria! Long live Victoria!  
Long may she reign!  
Long may she reign!  
And hark! afar across the sea From clime to  
clime How kindred voices, kindred voices  
chime Joining the glad refrain  
hark!  
In ever swelling harmony:  
hark! hark! afar across the sea In ever  
swelling harmony: Long live Victoria!  
Long live Vic- toria! Long Long Long long may  
she reign! Long may she reign Long may she  
reign!  
Long may she reign! Long long long may she  
reign! Long may she reign! Long may she reign!  
Long, long, long may she reign!  
Room for Flora’s Queen!  
Room! Room for Flora’s Queen for Flora’s  
Queen!  
Room for Flora’s Room for Flora’s Queen!  
Room for Flora’s Queen for Flora’s Queen for  
Flora’s Queen!  
Room for Flora’s Queen!  
Room for Flora’s Queen!  
In rustic roundelay, in rustic roundelay:  
Then was I ware of one enthroned on high,  
Radiant in vesture and of noble mien,  
At whose fair feet did many garlands lie Of  
all the flowers that best be seen;  
Cowslip and daffodil,  
woodbine That tokens sym pathy;  
brave eglantine, brave eglantine,  
That’s for simplicity; The gentle violet  
for modesty; Lilies for grace;  
And chiefly there found place England’s red  
rose, England’s red rose for strength and  
dignity, And chiefly chiefly there found  
place England’s red rose for strength and  
dignity.  
Thus singing still, the flowers among They  
passed, a gallant train, And this the burden  
of the song they sung, This the burden of the  
song they sung:  
Long live Victoria! Long live Victoria!  
Long,  
long, long may she reign!  
hark! afar across the sea From clime to clime  
How kindred voices, chime  
Joining the glad refrain  
In ever, ever swelling ever swelling,  
ever swelling harmony, In ever swelling  
harmony, In ever swelling harmony,  
Long live Victoria!  
Long live Vic- toria! Long Long Long long may  
she reign! Long, long,  
Long, long,  
Long may she reign! Long may she reign!  
Long, long may she reign! Long may she reign!  
Long, long, long may she reign! Long,  
long may she reign!  
Room for Flora’s Queen! Room! Room!  
Room! Room for Flora’s Queen! Room!  
Room for Flora’s Queen! Flora’s Queen!  
Room for Flora’s Queen for Flora’s Queen!  
Room for Flora’s Queen for Flora’s Queen!  
Room for Flora’s Queen, Room for Flora’s  
Queen! Room Room for Flora’s Queen!  
Room for Flora’s Queen!  
So sang the nymphs and shepherds on a morn of  
May In rustic roundelay, in rustic  
roundelay:  
Then was I ware of one enthroned on high,  
Radiant in vesture and of noble mien,  
At whose fair feet did many, many garlands  
lie Of all the flowers that best be seen;  
Cowslip and daffodil,  
and sweet woodbine, and sweet woodbine That  
tokens sympathy; Whitethorn and primrose,  
brave eglantine  
That’s for simplicity;  
Lilies for purity and grace; And chiefly  
there found place  
England’s red rose, red rose for strength and  
dignity, And chiefly, chiefly there found  
place England’s red rose for strength and  
dignity. Thus singing still the fields and  
flowers among  
They passed, a gallant, gallant train,  
And this the burden of the song they sung,  
This the burden of the song they sung:  
Long live Victoria! Long live Victoria!  
Long,  
long, long may she reign!  
Long live Victoria!  
Hark! hark! afar across the sea From clime to  
clime Hark! kindred voices chime Joining the  
glad refrain In ever swelling harmony,  
In ever swelling harmony, In ever swelling  
harmony, Long live Victoria!  
Long live Vic- toria! Long Long Long long may  
she reign! Long may she reign! Long may she  
reign! Long may she reign! Long may she reign!  
Long, may she reign! Long may she reign!  
Long, long, long, long, long, long may she  
reign!  
Room for Flora’s Queen! Room for Flora’s,  
for Flora’s Queen! Room! Room for Flora’s  
Queen!  
Room for Flora’s Queen for Flora’s Queen!  
Room for Flora’s Queen! Room for Flora’s  
Queen! Room! Room!  
Room! Room! Room! Room for Flora’s Queen for  
Flora’s Queen!  
So sang the nymphs and shepherds on a morn of  
May In rustic roundelay, in rustic  
roundelay:  
Then was I ware of one enthroned on high,  
Radiant in vesture and of noble mien,  
At whose fair feet did many, many garlands  
lie Of all the flowers that best be seen;  
Cowslip and daffodil, and sweet woodbine,  
and sweet woodbine That tokens sympathy;  
brave eglantine  
brave eglantine That’s for simplicity;  
The gentle violet for modesty;  
And chiefly, chiefly there found place  
England’s red rose, red rose for strength and  
dignity, And chiefly, chiefly there found  
place England’s red rose for strength and  
dignity. Thus singing still the fields and  
flowers among  
They passed a gallant, gallant train,  
And this the burden of the song they sung,  
This the burden of the song they sung:  
Long live Victoria! Long live Victoria!  
Long, may she reign! Long may she reign!  
may she reign!  
Long live Victoria!  
And hark! afar across the sea From clime to  
clime How kindred voices chime  
hark!  
Long live Victoria! Long live Victoria!  
Long live Victoria!  
Long live Vic- toria! Long Long Long long may  
she reign! Long may she reign! Long may she  
reign! Long may she reign! Long may she reign!  
Long, long, long, may she reign! Long,  
may she reign! Long, long, long, long,  
long may she reign!  
Room for Flora’s Queen! Room! Room for Flora’s  
Queen! Room! Room for Flora’s Queen!  
Room! Room for Flora’s Queen!  
Queen for Flora’s Queen! Room! Room!Room!  
Room!Room for Flora’s Queen! Room for Flora’s  
Queen!  
Queen for Flora’s Queen!  
So sang the nymphs and shepherds on a morn of  
May In rustic roundelay, in rustic  
roundelay:  
Then was I ware of one enthroned on high,  
Radiant in vesture and of noble mien,  
At whose fair feet did many garlands lie Of  
all the flowers that best be seen;  
Cowslip and daffodil, Cowslip and daffodil,  
woodbine That tokens sympathy;  
Whitethorn and primrose, brave eglantine,  
eglantine, That’s for simplicity;  
Lilies for purity and grace;  
England’s red rose, red  
England’s red rose, for strength and dignity,  
England’s red rose for strength and dignity.  
Thus singing still, the flowers among They  
passed, a gallant train, And this the burden  
of the song they sung, This the burden of the  
song they sung:  
Long live Victoria! Long live Victoria!  
Long, may she reign! Long may she reign!  
And hark! afar across the sea From clime to  
clime How kindred voices chime Joining the  
glad refrain  
Long live Victoria!  
Long live Victoria!  
hark! Long live Victoria! Long live Victoria!  
Long live Vic- toria! Long Long Long long may  
she reign! Long, long, Long, long,  
long, long, long, long may she reign!  
Long, long, long, long, long, long,  
long, long may she reign!  

Songs to sing here are made from public-domain scores: the OpenScore Lieder Corpus (CC0), the Mutopia Project (each score's licence as Mutopia states it) and the scores in Japanese Wikipedia's articles (CC BY-SA 4.0, by each article's contributors); dates and first publications as IMSLP, the LiederNet Archive, Mutopia and Wikidata state them. Karaoke videos play in YouTube's player; live channels from the iptv-org database on their own pages; stations from Radio Browser. The piano is the Salamander Grand Piano by Alexander Holm (CC BY 3.0).